William Guerra

William Guerra (12 December 1784-23 May 1810) was a colonel of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was killed in action during the Battle of Ria de Cancha in the Peninsular War in 1810, while serving under Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult.

Biography
William Guerra was born in Chantilly, France on 12 December 1784. He became a soldier in the French Revolutionary Army at the age of 16 in 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars, fighting the Austrians in northern Italy. Guerra was promoted during Napoleon's campaigns against the Austrians and Russians in Germany in 1805 and the Prussians and Russians in Poland in 1806.

In 1808, Guerra was appointed Colonel of a regiment of Fusiliers of Line raised in Madrid, Spain from French replacement troops as well as local Spanish auxilliary troops. Guerra led his regiment under Marshal Nicolas Soult during the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1810.

During the Battle of Ria de Cancha, Guerra led a bayonet charge against Spanish Fusiliers. He was bayonetted in the chest by a Spanish soldier in the fighting, killing him.